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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SKYE & LOCHALSH RIVERS TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 30/06/18 30/06/19 31/03/20 31/01/21 31/01/22 31/01/23
Total income £199,019 £86,032 £178,649 £27,714 £159,146 £121,624
Total spending £101,610 £86,307 £124,280 £161,449 £99,483 £91,403
Surplus/deficit £97,409 -£275 £54,369 -£133,735 £59,663 £30,221
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Established: 16 years

www.slrtt.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Dulverton Trust£38,500
William Grant Foundation£36,000
Foundation Scotland£25,720
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Education programme - Atlantic herring
£3,500 07/02/2024
Education programme - Atlantic herring
Dulverton Trust - Administrative and Fundraising function
£5,000 08/02/2023
Administrative and Fundraising function
Foundation Scotland - Coastal habitat use of adult sea trout
£25,720 23/05/2022
To purchase practical and technological equipment that will enable the Trust to undertake an acoustic telemetry tracking study of adult sea trout.
Dulverton Trust - Administrative and fundraising function
£15,000 10/02/2021
Administrative and fundraising function
Dulverton Trust - Administrative and fundraising function
£15,000 12/02/2020
Administrative and fundraising function
William Grant Foundation - Marine research - scoping
£36,000 25/10/2019
12
Towards the cost of a marine research project focused on the resurgence of herring spawning in the Gairloch area.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 46-79
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 04/08/2008, number: SC039771
    • Notes: Previous charity name Skye Fisheries Trust 04/08/2008 to 19/09/2017. Former Legal name Skye & Wester Ross Fisheries Trust changed to Skye & Lochalsh Rivers Trust.
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/2008, number: SC344382
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Donald Rankin Accountancy Services, Tigh An Oisean, Bridge Road, Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9ER

Objectives

3. The Objects for which the Trust is established are: - (A) To advance for public benefit environmental protection and improvement by conserving and enhancing all species of freshwater fish, bi-valves, invertebrates, other freshwater aquatic species and fauna and their environments primarily but not limited to the inland and coastal waters of Skye, Raasay, Rona, Scalpay, Soay, Rum, Eigg, Muck, Canna and the small isles as listed in the Skye District Salmon Fisheries Board Designation Order 1995. (B) To advance the education of the public and any association, company, local authority, administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in: - (1) The understanding of aquatic ecosystems, including their fauna, flora and economic or social activity, and river catchment management. (2) The need for, and benefits of, protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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